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035 <br />LEE COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. II. C. <br />_ Information <br />Meeting Date: November 17, 2014 Action Item <br />XX Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT Approval to Apply for FDA Grant Funding for Environmental <br />Health Training <br />DEPARTMENT Health <br />CONTACT PERSON Terrell Jones / Heath Cain <br />REQUEST Asking the Board of Commissioner to approve submitting an <br />application for an FDA Grant (up to $2,000) for two Registered Environmental Health Specialists to <br />attend FDA Southeast Region Seminar in Savannah, Ga. on Dec. 8 -11, 2014. <br />SUMMARY Lee County Environmental Health is undertaking a 5 -year FDA <br />training development program to adopt the 9 FDA standards of Food Code protocols. One <br />component of becoming a FDA Standardized local environmental health program is to attend an <br />upcoming educational and training opportunity. This will allow staff to network with other <br />professionals in the field, build upon existing policy within the local EH program, and integrate <br />innovative ideas into the food, lodging and institution inspection process. Completing this training <br />will continue to improve upon the local EH goal of mitigating the possibility of a foodborne outbreak. <br />The Board of Health approved this matter at their September 10t meeting. <br />BUDGET IMPACT Addition of up to $2,000 for FY 2014 -15 Environmental Health <br />Budget <br />ATTACHMENT(S) Grant Application <br />PUBLIC HEARING No <br />PRIOR BOARD ACTION N/A <br />RECOMMENDATION Approve submission of grant for up to $2,000 for <br />Environmental Health training as presented <br />